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Making Faces

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students analyze facial expressions on artifacts. For this artifacts lesson, students examine facial expressions on artifacts. Students draw a face with an expression of their choice.
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Successful Traits of Mentors

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students engage in a instructional activity that is concerned with the traits that mentors share. They brainstorm in order to create a definition of a mentor that is shared in groups while writing in journals. Students also write about...
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Paint My Counties: Map Coloring the Counties of Arizona

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders identify the counties of Arizona. In this social studies instructional activity, 4th graders color a county map of Arizona using the fewest number of colors possible. Students write a persuasive paragraph.
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Two Types of Division Problems

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students discover the two types of division problems.  In this number division lesson, students identify repeated subtraction and sharing division problems.  Students create word problems utilizing the two different types of...
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Tracing the Idea of Civil Disobedience through Thoreau, Gandhi, and King

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students analyze civil disobedience through history studying Thoreau, Gandhi, and Dr. King. In this civil disobedience instructional activity, students read and analyze excerpts from Thoreau, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King. Students...
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The Power of Nonviolent Struggle

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify how Mohandas Gandhi developed a nonviolent crusade for justice. In this nonviolent protest instructional activity, students watch segments of a documentary about Gandhi's reaction to imperialism in India. Students write...
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Reading Vocabulary Definition Test Week 4

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this identifying vocabulary words from definition clues worksheet, students listen to the oral definitions and write the correct words, using the words in the word banks and then create sentences using them. Students write 25 answers.
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Character Education: Honesty

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore traits of honest communication. In this character development and communication lesson plan, students are given 6 simple statements and work as a group to alter the meaning of each statement through body language, facial...
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Farm Animals

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students investigate farm animals. In this farm animals lesson, students acquire basic farm vocabulary, identify farm animals, sing songs and create a farm animals books. Students use the SMART board to match animal pictures and words.
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Pennsylvania Department of Education

Analyzing Literary Elements in Fiction

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students analyze the characters and events in fictional writing. In this literary elements lesson, students study the meaning of the words characterization and fiction. They listen to the story Pigsty by Mark Teague, or any other book...
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Reading Comprehension

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this recognizing the meanings of sentences worksheet, learners read statements and answer the comprehensive questions in complete sentences, read short passages and identify the statements that are correct, and arrange sentences in...
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The Constitution.

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study the Constitution. They examine the meaning and fundamentals of the Preamble of The Constitution of USA. They assess the importance of having a Supreme Law that states the rights and obligations of the citizens. They...
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Number Prefixes

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students recognize the number prefixes used throughout the English language. They identify the shapes and the prefixes that are associated with them.
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Poetry for the Common Good

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify examples of philanthropy in poetry or song. In this philanthropy lesson, students examine several poems such as Give by Carrie A. Thomas and identify concepts of philanthropy in the poem. Students construct their own...
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The Phone Bill Problem

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students write an equation for a linear function. For this algebra lesson, students collect data, plot it and graph it. They identify the equation of the graphed data and define the slope and y-intercept of the graph.
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Elementary Circuits

For Students 7th - 9th
In this electrical circuits worksheet, students answer 12 questions about basic circuits including identifying parts of a circuit, answering questions about shorted circuits and determining if voltage would exist at certain test points...
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Teaching Six Big Ideas in the Constitution

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners debate the constitutional principles of the United States. In this U.S. government lesson, students examine the meaning of the text of the U.S. Constitution and analyze other primary documents of the era. Learners prepare for...
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Cloud Puzzle

For Students 7th - 9th
In this cloud worksheet, students are given twenty definitions related to cloud formation and types of clouds. They find the proper term for each definition and put them in the crossword puzzle.
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Kyoto Protocol

For Students 9th - 12th
In this environment worksheet, students read an article about setting up the Kyoto Protocol, an international treaty. They identify the meaning of human environment and what the Earth's greenhouse effect is. Students also explain the...
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Personal Space

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore the meaning of personal space. In this social skills lesson, students are taught to respect others personal space by discovering their own personal space, and reading a story to identify when that personal space was...
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Can The Radon Problem Be Fixed?

For Teachers 7th - 10th
In this radon worksheet, learners analyze their homes to identify sources of radon in their homes. They determine the best mitigation strategy to be used to reduce the radon and they discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each. They...
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Worms: Nature's Recyclers

For Teachers K - 5th
Students explore vermi-composting. In this vermi-composting lesson, students listen to the story Diary of a Worm and discuss the parts of a worm. They create worm bins and add organic food for the worms to recycle. 
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Stirring up Fractions

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders practice unit fractions to identify parts of the whole and parts of a set. They utilize a variety of manipulative's including recipe boxes to get them started stirring up fractions. A multitude of books on fractions are...
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Monitor and Clarify Unknown Words in Corgiville Fair

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Pupils identify unknown words and select a strategy to comprehend text. In this vocabulary lesson students listen for specific words as the teacher reads. Pupils try to figure out what the meaning of the specific words are. The words are...